Numbers 18:7:8Num.18.7.W8TAB
וּלְמִבֵּ֥ית
ulemibeit
“and to that which is within”
- Transliteration
- u-le-mi-BEIT
- Extended
- oo-leh-mee-BEIT
- IPA
- /uləmiˈbeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to that which is within
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-mi-BEIT
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet
- clause
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The compound prepositional phrase le-khol-devar ha-mizbeach u-le-beit la-parochet {לְכָל־דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבֵּית לַפָּרֹכֶת | lə-ḵōl-də-var ha-miz-bē-aḥ ū-lə-mi-bēt la-pā-rō-khet} delineates two zones of service: the altar (sacrificial sphere) and the sanctuary behind the veil (inner sanctum).
In context — Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for every matter of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve, for I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 18:7, so the Hebrew word וּלְמִבֵּ֥ית (ulemibeit) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.18.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.7.W8.S1) and character.